THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 9 NOVEMBER 1976

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006466893
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: November 9, 1976

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The President's Daily Brief
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November 9, 1976
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November 9, 1976
Table of Contents
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Lebanon: Syrian troops yesterday moved into the Mount Lebanon
area in their first steps to enforce the cease-fire.
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France-Pakistan:
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West Germany
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South Korea: The mood of President Pak's government recently has
shifted from buoyant optimism to some concern over the imme-
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diate prospects for US-Korean relations. (Page 4)
Notes: Iraq; Greece-NATO; Saudi Arabia - Jordan (Pages 5 and 6)
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MEDITERRANEAN
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LEBANON: Syrian troops,
in their role as a con-
tingent of the Arab
League peacekeeping
force, yesterday moved
into two Christian-con-
trolled villages in the
Mount Lebanon area and
took up positions near
the leftist-held town
of AZayh in their first
steps to enforce the
cease-fire agreed to
last month.
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FRANCE-PAKISTAN
Christian troops reportedly have
already begun to withdraw from
mountain areas. If Syrian efforts
to enforce the cease-fire are suc-
cessful, the Christians will pull
back from contested areas along
the Beirut confrontation line.
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SOUTH KOREA: The mood
of President Pak's gov-
ernment has shifted in
the past month or so
from buoyant optimism
to some concern over
the immediate prospects
for US-Korean relations.
The US embassy comments that Seoul's
greater confidence earlier this
fall was based on at least four
factors: a greater sense of secu-
rity resulting from the outcome of
the Panmunjom incident; the eco-
nomic boom--South Korea's exports
are up over 60 percent and the
growth rate for the year is likely
to be about 15 percent; North Ko-
rea's international setbacks--in-
cluding the withdrawal of its UN
resolution, defaulting on foreign
debts, and the smuggling scandals
in Scandinavia; and the dormant
political opposition in Seoul.
This bright picture, from Pak's
standpoint, has been clouded by
apprehension that allegations of
improper South Korean activities
in the US will affect relations
with the US. Pak has been par-
ticularly angered by reports
linking him personally to al-
leged improprieties in the US
and by allegations that South
Korea is a target of US intel-
ligence.
The government's uneasiness has
been further increased by uncer-
tainties about the policies of
president-elect Carter. The gov-
ernment-controlled press is empha-
sizing, however, that the common
security interests of the US and
South Korea will prevent any sud-
den shifts in US policy.
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Kurdish guerrilla ac-
tivity in northern Iraq
appears to be picking
up momentum.
Greece has notified
NATO that it is ready
to return at least some
of its nuclear-trained
forces to allied com-
mand.
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NOTES
The present, limited Kurdish insur-
gency is the work of the leftist
Kurdish Democratic Union, based in
the border area of northeastern
Syria, and does not involve fol-
lowers of Mulla Mustafa Barzani
whose rebellion collapsed in March
1975. The increase in Kurdish ac-
tivity over the past few months
suggests that it may have been
stimulated by Syria in retaliation
for Iraq's military buildup in the
border area last June.
Iraq has dispatched some 20,000
regular troops to the north to
deal with the 20- to 50-man guer-
rilla bands and to seal the Syrian
border from further infiltration
of rebels. Fragmentary reporting
suggests that the guerrillas total
no more than 1,000.
While the decision represents a
significant step toward returning
Greek forces to NATO's integrated
military structure, a clarifica-
tion of Greece's status must await
the outcome of negotiations.
The terms the Greeks have proposed
for the recommitment of their air
defense forces are more limited
and qualified than those for simi-
lar forces of other allies. Some
air defense units may have been
omitted entirely. Greece appar-
ently intends to insist on pre-
serving its freedom of action in
order to be able to deploy its
forces to meet a potential threat
from Turkey.
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Saudi Arabia is report-
edly pulling its 5,600
troops out of Jordan,
as planned several
months ago.
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The Saudis are reported to have in-
formed the Jordanian government in
July of the decision to withdraw
the troops.
Both countries are publicly treat-
ing the Saudi pullout as part of
Riyadh's plans to modernize its
forces with Western equipment, al-
though much of this equipment will
not be available for some time.
The US embassy in Jidda believes
that Saudi Arabia may simply no
longer see the need to station a
token force in the confrontation
area to demonstrate its leadership
in the Arab world.
Last month, the Saudis withdrew
some 5,900 men from Syria that had
been stationed there since the Oc-
tober 1973 war. A small contin-
gent of Saudi troops remains in
Syria to support the 200-man Saudi
peacekeeping force in Lebanon.
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